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19 books

The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders

The City in the Middle of the Night

Charlie Jane Anders

363 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0belgaer's review
fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced
The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin

The City We Became

Great Cities #1

N.K. Jemisin

437 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0belgaer's review
fiction contemporary fantasy adventurous mysterious medium-paced
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

A Psalm for the Wild-Built

Monk & Robot #1

Becky Chambers

147 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0belgaer's review
fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

The Fifth Season

The Broken Earth #1

N.K. Jemisin

498 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0belgaer's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

Claire North

405 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0belgaer's review
fiction fantasy historical science fiction adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

Bryan Stevenson

349 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0belgaer's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

This Is How You Lose the Time War

Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

198 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0belgaer's review
fiction lgbtqia+ romance science fiction adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

391 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0belgaer's review
nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter

Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

Douglas R. Hofstadter

777 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

5.0belgaer's review
nonfiction mathematics philosophy science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

240 pages • first pub 1818 (editions)

5.0belgaer's review
fiction classics horror literary science fiction dark mysterious reflective medium-paced